Insects. 1653 



Occurrence of Vanessa Antiopa, near Coventry, — To the numerous notices already 

 recorded in a late number of the Zoologist, of the occurrence of Vanessa Antiopa dining 

 the last summer, I have to add the capture of this fine insect, in the adjoining parish 

 of Berkswell. The butterfly was taken about the middle of August, by a sort of bird- 

 catching person, who collects a few of the more showy insects, for the purpose of adorn- 

 ing his bird -cases, and was not recognised by him as a rarity, nor valued so much as 

 the admirals and peacocks he caught for the same purpose. The specimen, which 

 has lost a little of its original brilliancy, is now in the possession of my son. — W. T. 

 Bree ; Allesley Rectory, near Coventry, January 18th, 1847. 



Note on the capture of Deilephila Livornica, near Preston and Carlisle. — I am in 

 possession of two specimens of this rare moth, one of which was taken in this town, 

 and the other near Carlisle. I have also heard of another having been taken in the 

 west of Cumberland, and which is now in the possession of a gentleman in York. — 

 James Cooper ; Preston, October, 1846. 



Capture of Deilephila Celerio, in Norfolk. — A specimen of this insect was taken off 

 a door on the Church Plain. — George Fitt, Jun. 



Capture of Deilephila Celerio, at Seaford, in Sussex. — A specimen of this rare 

 Sphinx, a female, in pretty good condition, was taken, the first week in October, at Sea- 

 ford, Sussex, and is now in my possession. It flew into the kitchen of a house there, 

 about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and a lady, who has since given it me, having had 

 her attention directed to it, caught it in her hand. The struggle it made to escape, 

 slightly broke and rubbed the tips of the upper wings, and also damaged the thorax ; 

 in other respects, it is a fine, perfect specimen. — Thomas Ingall ; Bank of England. 



Capture of Deilephila Celerio, near Ledbury. — As you are desirous, I believe of 

 recording in the Zoologist, the captures of rare insects, I have to inform you that a 

 specimen of the silver-striped hawk moth (Deilephila Celerio) is now in my possession, 

 having been kindly presented to me by the Rev. J. H. Mapleton, who took it in his 

 stable, in the village of Tarrington, near Ledbury, in the summer of 1845 ; he believes, 

 but is not quite sure, that it was in the month of August. From the appearance of 

 the specimen, I should judge that it had very recently come out of the chrysalis. — W. 

 T. Bree ; Allesley Rectory, December 22nd. 



Capture of Deilephila Celerio at Huddersfield. — A very fine specimen of the Deile- 

 phila Celerio was taken at Huddersfield, in September last. It flew into a small 

 public-house, in the precincts of the town, and was fortunately captured without re- 

 ceiving much injury. Several specimens of the Sphinx Convolvuli have likewise oc- 

 curred in the same locality. — Peter Inchbald; Storthes Hall, Huddersfield. 



Capture of Sphinx Convolvuli, at Yarmouth. — These insects have been taken in 

 immense quantities in Yarmouth, during the past summer and autumn, not less than 

 one hundred and fifty were captured. One person, within my knowledge, has 

 taken fifty-seven, and others have captured a great many. One which I now have, 

 was taken off a ladder. A person told me he saw a flight of them on " Caistor Mar- 

 rams," which would seem to confirm our opinion, that they migrated from the conti- 

 nent. Another reason for supposing them to be migratory, is, that no person has yet 

 succeeded in finding the larvae. — George Fitt, Jun. 



Larva of Sphinx Convolvuli. — About two weeks ago, I had brought to me, a cater- 

 pillar, which I supposed to be that of Sphinx Convolvuli ; it agreed with the descrip- 

 tion of the larva of that insect, in Stephen's British Entomology, being of a dark olive 

 green colour, with dark yellow oblique lateral stripes, and was rather larger than the 

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